More Thoughts on OWS...

Chris
Hedges has stirred up a mini epiphany in the blogger, especially considering
the endless war-making that is employed in the name of corporate gain.
I am always against war, whether it is apparently 'justified' or not. I
hate war. I supposed that sometimes it is necessary, but only to a tiny
fraction of the scale to which it is systematically carried out.

A couple more articles for your consideration can be found here http://www.biiwii.com/analysis.htm.
The first, 'Going Apeshit' by James Howard Kunstler, shows the situation
in cartoon-like fashion (a huge compliment, btw) as only Kunstler can. He
also shines a light on President Obama's superficial attempt to align himself
with OWS for political gain.

Then there is the boring stuff, compliments of Bill Bonner entitled 'The
Real Problem the Wall Street Occupiers Have Missed'. This piece assigns
blame where it belongs, with the corrupt monetary system under which we
toil; an out of control system of credit creation (inflation) and equal
and opposite impoverishment. Gold is a monetary revolution you know.

I realize I have trained myself - in the context of this blog and my financial
market dealings in general - to be something of a robot; uncaring, unaffected
and unbiased. But I am a human too. I first reacted against corporate evil-making
by writing - a lot. Then I went to the 'dark side' and commercialized. I am
no hippie, after all. I am a member of the capitalist, free enterprise community.

But I like to think I keep a moral compass in good working order at all times
and right now, my compass is indicating that I should get off the high horse
and get with what is going on here. The market needs cold, uncaring analysis.
I can and will do that. But I think I am going to get my ass out of cyber
space and into Boston so that I can view OWS without abstraction.

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